Habitat:
Chimpanzees live
in Africa, in the
dense rain forests,
open woodlands,
and grasslands.

Gestation:
Chimpanzees carry
their young for
7.5 months.

Birth: Chimpanzee
babies are 4 lbs
at birth. Newborn
chimps are helpless
and totally reliant
on their mother.
Chimpanzees will
stay with their
mother for the first
7-10 years of their
life. Female chimpanzees
give birth the first
time when they are
between 12 and 15
years of age.

Sexual Maturity:
Males chimpanzees
sexually mature
at 15 -16 years
of age. Female chimpanzees
are sexually mature
at 13-14 years of
age. Chimpanzees
give birth every
5-6 years.

Behavior:
Chimpanzees will
groom each other
and they will use
tools as weapons
against predators
(like rocks or sticks).

Chimpanzee

Conservation
Status: Endangered

Diet: Chimpanzees
are omnivores,and eat
both plants and animals.
A chimpanzees diet consists
of fruit, leaves, seeds,
honey, flowers, buds,
bark, stems, insects,
and occasionally the meat
of small mammals. Chimps
will spend 6-8 hours a
day looking for food.

Description: A
chimpanzee body is covered
with long black hair,
and their face is bare.
Chimpanzees do not have
a tail, but do have opposable
thumbs and opposable big
toes, to helps help them
climb and grasp objects.

Did
You Know?

Chimps
and humans
share 98
percent
of their
genes.

Social Structure:
Chimpanzees socialize
in family groups of 6-10
individual chimps. Occassionally
a number of family groups
will join together to
form a community of more
than 100 chimps. Mothers
will form extremely strong
social bonds with their
young.

Life Span: The
average life span of a
chimpanzee is approximately
45 years.

Unusual: Chimpanzees
are highly intelligent
and are able to use tools.